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Politics Quotes by William J. Clinton
- When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is…
- When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time,…
- Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
- No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean…
- Our relationship would never vary from its allegiance to the shared values, the shared religious heritage, the shared democratic politics which have made the relationship…
- So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.
- ...Nixon's subversion [of the consititution] consisted of: One presidental lie; one invocation of presidental privilege, and zero criminal offences.
- When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it.
- One of the real dilemmas we have in our country and around the world is that what works in politics is organization and conflict. That…
- I've been in politics long enough to expect criticism and hostility. But I was unprepared for the hatred I get from Christians. Why do Christians…
- Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
- On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?
- There is no longer a clear, bright line dividing America's domestic concerns and America's foreign policy concerns...If we want America to stay on the right…
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- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle